The wave-driven ocean circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2523-2540

  McWilliams, James C ^a,c   Restrepo, Juan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

EID: 0033375674     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2523:TWDOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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